Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-18
ERIN GO BRAGH!
IRELAND'S TURMOIL, TRANSFER
RED TO CANADA.
Exciting and Turbulent Scenes at
O'Brien's Toronto Meeting
A Woman's Argument.
10y TELEGRAPH To THE REooRD-UN1oN.

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TORONTO, May 17th.-William O'Brien,
editor of the United ireland, arrived this
morning amid scene of enthusiasm and
excitement unequaled since his entrance
into Canada. Fully 5000 men crushed and
struggled with each other to catch glimpse
OF him. A few attempts at hooting and
kissing were made as G'Brien entered the
carriage, but were quickly drowned by the
heart-stirriDg cheers which went up as he
stood up in the carriage and exclaimed,
= Three cheers for our friends in England
and the cause they are struggling for" A
cavalcade of mounted police with drawn
swords and platoon of officers surrounded
the carriage. The hotel was reached with
out any sign of hostility, except an occa-
sional hoot or hiss from Orangemen.
The Rossin House is only a few blocks
away, and as the party drove the crowd in
creased, and the enthusiasm grew greater
The spacious rotunda of the hotel was one
mass of humanity. To reach his room was
impossible; even to register was impossi-
BILE So O'Brien was ho;sted on the shoul-
ders of strong men and carried to the broad
staircase, and there, amid intense excite
ment, he was presented with an address by
D. P Cahill, Secretary of the Local Branch
OF the National League. During Mr..
O'Brien's reply there were frequent at
tempts at interruption by several of the
crowd, but the overwhelming majority
were O'Brien' s.friends, and the disturbers
were silenced.
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
Never in the worst DAYS of the Belfast
disorders was there q scene of such dis
graceful rowdyism exhibited than that
shown this afternoon in Queens Park.
when crowd of Toronto Orangemen at
tempted to storm the platform, and, falling
in that, to choke off all possibility of Mr..
O'Brien being heard. by keeping up con-
tinual din of groaning kissing and cries
of pGod save the Queen! + and " Rule
Britannia !" 1t was 4 o'clock when the
crowd had about fully collected, and it
then seemed fair time to set the num-
Der present at fifteen thousand, although
people kept pouring in in such floods
from all quarters after the meeting had
begun that there were times when 10000
persons would not be an overestimate.
Many OF the banks in the city were closed,
and the students in the University were let
loose. Many of these, with crowds of
in life seems to be a row or riot, were or
ganiZed in a compact band and excited
little suspicion, because they said never
word until their time came.
HOW AN IRIsHwoMAN sILENCED A DIsTURBER
The first demonstration came from a
solitary man at the left hand side of fhe
platform, who stood upon the stump of
! tree, who began groaning at the meeting
and at those on the platform as though his
| life depended on his efforts. Near him was
a woman waving green bough in her hand,
| and no sooner had she seen the obStreperous
| Orangeman then she ran the butt of the
| twig down his throat, which effectualfy
choked off the distnrber, amid roar of
applause from the crowd, and cries of God
| save Ireland" A rush was made for the
woman, but she was among friends, and
the surging wave of thousands drove back
her would-be assailants.
BRIEN ARRIVES.
At this moment Mr.. O'Brien arrived at
| the park in carriage. One hundred and
| fifty policemen, in charge of Lieutenant
| Colonel Grassell, were scattered through
! the crowd, or drawn up in files on the out
skirts. Sergeant Seymour was in charge OF
the mounted men, and when the disturb
ance and attempted breaking up of the
meeting took place, they most determinedly
took their place and remained there
| from the beginning to the end
| of both Mr.. O'Brien's and Mr.. Kilbrides
speeches. The policemen quietly folded
| their arms and said not word. In all the
| disturbers did not number more than sixty
| persons, and many of them were armed
with sticks. Two sycamore trees in front
| of the platform were taken possession OF
| by crowd of young roughs, who hissed in
| 4 l,o
| of the time, until few men among the
Nationalists caught hold of the trunks of
the trees and shook the disturbers TO the
ground.
DIsGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS.
With Mr. O'Brien's introduction began
the most terrific groaning, kissing, cheer
| ing and hoarse. shouts that the day had so
| far witnessed. Removing his hat with the
utmost GOODNESS, o Brien surveyed the vast
sea of faces before him tor moment He
began, amid the uproar, to speak as follows:
Men of Toronto ferries of God save the
! Queen - " Hurrah for Lansdowne ~
groans and immense cheering.] That
cheer of yours will ring around the world
to-day [cheers and hissesl, and all the vocal
talents Of Lord Larsdowne's friends can
not down it. We are used to this sort of
thing in the British Parliament. Tire
mendous cheers and groaning.]
Here an Orapgeman drew forth heavy
stick and hit man with it, knocking him
| down. Then there was rush, which
| caused the prancing of the horses of the
mounted policemen, and the crowd scat
tered in all directions; many persons rush
ing for big heap of bricks which were
piled up in a field close by. They came
again, but whether with bricks or not did
not Immediately appear.
| Mr.. O'Brien continued: 81 am glad to
see that, although Lansdowne has nothing
| to say himself, he has friends who are able
! to say something. God help us Derisive
| laughter, cheers and groans. We come
| to Canada to demand an answer to-
day from either Lord Lansdowne or
| his friends. Here are his friends. [Groans,
and Kisses. Two dozen of them, [groans,
cheers and cries of Brand O'Brlen "
one good policeman could knock out in a
few minutes [cheersl if they only wanted
to, and the only answer they can give for
the high and mighty potentiate who has
sent them here is a cackling like geese or
the groans of a jacKass. Loud laughter
and cheers, They attempted to shout
down the freedom of speaking here to- day
| fGroans and cheers,] Well, we generally
| succeed in putting down our enemies in
the House of Commons [cheers1, and we
will proceed in putting them down here
to-day. Tremendous applause.1 l don't
/ blame the poor, ,-deluded Orangemen who
are making this fight to-day. Here a man
was knocked down by the blow of stick.
and fierce fight followed among the
Orangemen, who again set up a dismal
howling.) We to-day are the party of law
and order, and we defy anybody to denv
it." [Cheers and groans
Several voices cried, Brand O'Brien p
The heart of Ireland is at your back -
shouted another" And the heart of Can
ada ~ cried another
A man from the Orangemen's party here
| got in front of the platform among the Ma
tionalists and began singing The Boyne
Water His silk hat was crushed by those
around him, and he disappeared under the
platform bruised and bloody, where he lay
during the remainder of the day
= have often,' continued Mr. O Brien,
! - met iackasspS Tlauchter1 whose sor1d